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10:25 AM ET, September 5, 2007

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Another shoe drops: "Massive" terror attack thwarted in Germany; Update: Two are German converts to Islam  —  As predicted in the update to yesterday's post about the Danish terror busts.  I'll be shocked if these three aren't connected in some way to the eight pinched in Copenhagen.
CNN:
3 planned 'massive airport bombs'
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Pajamas Media:
GERMANY: 3 HELD IN TERROR PLOT AGAINST US BASE, AIRPORT
Idaho Statesman:
UPDATED 7:25 p.m. — Craig may not quit after all if he's cleared of charges, spokesman says  —  Sen. Larry Craig says he may fight to keep his job in the U.S. Senate after all.  —  "Basically, as he stated on Saturday, Senator Craig intends to resign on Sept. 30th," said his spokesman Dan Whiting via e-mail Tuesday night.
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown Special Comment: You have no remaining credibility about Iraq, sir.  —  Keith Olbermann's Special Comment tonight is without a doubt, one of his hardest hitting and most emotional to date.  Keith absolutely lays waste to President Bush's lies and rhetoric about the surge.
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Couric: 'Real Progress' In Iraq  —  Evening News Anchor Says Police Finally Making Inroads  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  (CBS) BAGHDAD, Iraq One week before Gen. David Petraeus is expected to give his report on U.S. progress in Iraq, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric says she has already seen dramatic improvements in the country.
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Andrew Glass / The Politico:
Why can't we all practice Broderism?  —  How did David Broder go from being revered as the dean of the Washington political press corps to being reviled on both the left and the right as the apotheosis of what has come to be known as Broderism?  —  Not everybody gets to see his or her name bandied about as an "-ism."
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Thompson soft on illegals in Senate votes  —  Fred Thompson set a mark for obstinateness during his eight years in the Senate, ending up the lone dissenter on more votes on bills and amendments than any other Republican during that time.  —  As Mr. Thompson prepares to announce tomorrow …
Discussion: Hot Air and Townhall.com
Martin Miller / Los Angeles Times:
Is Clinton's candidacy blocking the "Path to 9/11?"  —  Screenwriter of docudrama says ABC exec said delay has been prompted by unflattering portrayal of previous administration.  —  Among the nearly two dozen television DVDs slated for nationwide release on Sept. 11 is the second season of …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Thompson joins debate for 30 secs.  —  Former Sen. Fred Thompson's (R-Tenn.) decision to run his first ad during the broadcast of Wednesday night's presidential debate in New Hampshire instead of participating in it could cost him dearly with the state's voters.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Parsing the Polls: Is Thompson Too Late or Right on Time?
Washington Times:
The next war?  —  BERN, Switzerland.  —  After a brief interruption of his New Hampshire vacation to meet President Bush in the family compound at Kenebunkport, Maine, French President Nicolas Sarkozy came away convinced his U.S. counterpart is serious about bombing Iran's secret nuclear facilities.
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Hard Times Help Leaders in Iran Tighten Their Grip
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Washington Post:
Military Officials in Iraq Fault GAO Report  —  A bleak portrait of the political and security situation in Iraq released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office sparked sharp protests from the top U.S. military command in Baghdad, whose officials described it as flawed and "factually incorrect."
Opinion Journal:
MoveOn vs. Democrats  —  Punishing Congressmen for reporting what they see in Iraq.  —  In the Hell Hath No Fury sweepstakes, groups like MoveOn.org are gearing up to take on a new set of perceived traitors in their midst—Democrats who have acknowledged some success from the troop surge in Iraq.
Horses Mouth:
Oh, man, this is an unsightly one indeed.  —  Take a look at this video of CNN's Kyra Phillips reporting today on the big GAO report finding that the Iraqi government has only met three of 18 benchmarks for measuring political progress.  Phillips wonders whether this really carries any …
Washington Post:
D.C. Case Could Shape Gun Laws  —  The District asked the Supreme Court yesterday to save the city's ban on handgun ownership, saying an appeals court's decision overturning the prohibition "drastically departs from the mainstream of American jurisprudence."
Discussion: Norwegianity
Washington Post:
New Book Details Cheney Lawyer's Efforts to Expand Executive Power  —  Vice President Cheney's top lawyer pushed relentlessly to expand the powers of the executive branch and repeatedly derailed efforts to obtain congressional approval for aggressive anti-terrorism policies for fear …
Discussion: Law Blog
The Hill:
Rep. Miller responds to critics, says he is not under FBIscrutiny  —  After months of silence amid media articles that raised questions about the ethics of his business transactions, Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) has launched an aggressive counteroffensive.  —  Miller has complained this year …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
 
 
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